Resultados para "Hero" en Ficción contemporánea

"I de sidste fem uger havde jeg bedt til, at jeg aldrig skulle komme til at læse min brors navn på en krans. I ugerne der fulgte ønskede jeg ofte, at jeg havde." Phil Earles barske og medrivende roman "Hero" er historien om de to brødre Jammy og Sonny McGann og den krig, der kommer imellem dem og vender op og ned på deres liv og på deres forhold. Inden Jammy tog til Afghanistan som soldat, var det ham, der var den fornuftige og rolige bror, der altid reddede sin impulsive og vilde lillebror ud af kniben.

Najgorsze, że ta historia zdarzyła się naprawdę. Przeczytałam jej krótki opis od tej pory prześladuje mnie nocami. Nie uwolnię się od niej, póki jej sobie nie wyobrażę w najdrobniejszych szczegółach. Póki Wam jej nie opowiem. Składam ten świat po kawałku, ponieważ lustro, w którym się kiedyś odbijał, rozsypało się w drobny mak. Bo wystarczy, że zabraknie jednego kawałka puzzli, a obraz nigdy nie będzie kompletny. Długo się zastanawiałam, jaka powinna być ta książka. Odpowiedź znalazłam podczas rozmowy z pewnym narkomanem.

I walk slowly to the kitchen counter, staring out the window as Ceci rocks back and forth on the swing. My beautiful darling girl has been through so much already. How can I tell her that her life is about to change forever? When the woman from the hospital tells me that my husband Drew is in a coma my world comes crashing down. In an instant, I see our whole married life flashing before my eyes: the way our children ran into his arms when he came home from work, the way his face lit up when he read to them.

The inauspicious beginnings of a family vacation. McSweeney's is a literary journal based in San Francisco.

Nisha Kulkarni justifies every reason to be the favourite child of Pune's premier school - be it her academic brilliance, her exceptional facility with music, or simply her unassuming charm. With his daughter showing promising signs of a stellar success story, Vaibhav Kulkarni has made peace with own unrequited dreams of the past. But when the girl mysteriously starts losing mojo and spirals into despair and seclusion, Vaibhav faces the toughest test of his life as single father - to reclaim his child's trust and happiness.

Glamorous, charismatic Bliss Henderson has led a flawed, fascinating life, from country Australia to the art world of 1960s London, from lust to love and loss. Now, in her last days, she is reliving it all. But as she excavates her past, deeper layers emerge. Secrets she still can't reveal, not even to herself. As her stepchildren hover around her, she wants them to judge her fairly. But how can they when they don't really know who she is?

Fransk debutroman af vinder af 2015 Nouveau Talent Award: Elsa har vaeret involveret i en frygtelig skiulykke og ligger nu i koma på hospitalet. Det er flere måneder siden, og laegerne kan desvaerre ikke melde om nogen bedring eller livstegn fra den unge kvinde. På stuen ved siden af Elsas ligger en såret mand, der har kørt spritkørsel og slået to mennesker ihjel. Thibault vil aldrig tilgive sin bror for den handling og ønsker ikke at besøge ham.

A week on an island sounds like the stuff of beach dreams, but for Paisley Royce, it's a nightmare. Her little sister is marrying her ex-college sweetheart, and Paisley is serving as maid of honor. To add insult to injury, nobody will let Paisley forget she's single. Bachelorette weekend changes everything when she runs into her old college frenemy, Klein Madigan. Klein is still intelligent and funny, and somehow time has only made him more attractive.

オンラインゲームを通して、父と息子の絆と成長を描く　交通事故に遭って意識不明の息子から、オンラインゲーム内でメッセージが⁉

Grażyna po wyrwaniu się ze szponów sekty znajduje satysfakcjonującą pracę. Kamil, jej eksmąż, definitywnie zrywa z alkoholem. Jacek po terapii studiuje i para się fotografią. A Kometa, jak to Kometa, ma niesamowite pomysły. Czasem udaje najgrzeczniejszą na świecie, a kiedy indziej... diabeł w nią wstępuje i dziewczyna nie może usiedzieć na miejscu. Czy utrzyma swoje demony na smyczy?

Rance Balcomb finds himself facing a shotgun marriage situation to a woman who doesn't speak a word of English. He practically ignores Elsa until he sees his new wife with her hair down, wearing the new clothes he'd purchased, and he realizes he's married a beautiful woman. He soon discovers he has a rival for her affections and decides it's time to make their marriage real. Her own father, as well as her former love interest, have other ideas.

The aftermath of a killing one small community still reckons with. McSweeney's is a literary journal based in San Francisco.

"Her First Ball" is a 1921 short story by Katherine Mansfield. It was first published in The Sphere on 28 November 1921, and later reprinted in The Garden Party and Other Stories. A young girl called Leila has come to the city to stay with her cousins. They are going to a ball. Leila is very excited: this is her first ball. Once there, she is both excited and terrified. After dancing with several young boys her own age, she dances with a wrinkly balding man who has been coming to balls for a while.

On the night before a British military parade for the Amir of Afghanistan, the army's working animals - mule, camel, horse, bullock, elephant - discuss what they do in battle and how they feel about their work. It is explained to the Afghans that men and animals obey the orders carried down from the Queen.

Beloved storyteller Belva Plain understands the rich tapestry of the human heart like no other. Her many dazzling New York Times bestsellers probe the shifting bonds of marriage and family with insight, compassion, and uncommon grace. And her new novel is no exception. A tale of fathers and...

There is a mole hiding in the British Embassy in Brussels. Important secret papers regarding the colonial politics have been stolen. In order to keep a diplomatic and international crisis from happening Holmes and Watson travel, of course incognito, to Belgium. There they want to put a stop to the traitor's game.

There is a mole hiding in the British Embassy in Brussels. Important secret papers regarding the colonial politics have been stolen. In order to keep a diplomatic and international crisis from happening Holmes and Watson travel, of course incognito, to Belgium. There they want to put a stop to the traitor's game.

"Find Her" is a light romantic comedy novel about two recent college grads as they try to graduate from playing video games on weekends with each other to finding and dating their first girlfriends. The two main characters, Will and Wade, aged 22, had asked girls out a few times, and tried online dating, but none had resulted in actual dates, much less girlfriends. They moved into an apartment owned by John, a 50-something man who helped them move in, then, a few weeks later invited them to his top level apartment with a deck overlooking the city for a few beers.

At twenty-five, life's innumerable entanglements are getting to Arshi. Her blonde American step-mom's trying too hard (she's taken to welcoming guests with a traditional aarti). The gorgeous guy who has Arshi all flushed and dreamy doesn't seem to be trying at all (he's the Ice Prince who thaws...

When Johnny Koester is laid off from his TV production job in New York, he moves west, landing in Los Angeles just as the ashes from the riots are settling. The only job he can find is in the burgeoning new field of "reality television"...Unfortunately for Johnny, life at his new home in Hollywood Court View is even more bizarre than his work.